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but al-qaeda will go after anybody. the last mile was dedicated to the newtown sandy hook. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: family members were there and what really upsets me is that if a gun would have been used it wouldn't have looked good and how do you know it is not some gun nut because no one is talking about the gun safety bills. jeff flake is not going to support anything now. they go online and they're like not going to do anything. and then he has the norvasc stand with gabby giffords yesterday, dedicating a part of the house to zimmerman but now they're -- no one is talking about it. how do you know it is not some right wing nut? why don't they get the elite people. >> stephanie: what do you mean? >> caller: well, you think they would want to make a name for themselves and get the top runners but they wait until they're gone. >> stephanie: because that's when the most amount of people are finishing. >> caller: exactly. no one is making the connection. now we're not talking about gun safety. with everyt
but al-qaeda will go after anybody. the last mile was dedicated to the newtown sandy hook. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: family members were there and what really upsets me is that if a gun would have been used it wouldn't have looked good and how do you know it is not some gun nut because no one is talking about the gun safety bills. jeff flake is not going to support anything now. they go online and they're like not going to do anything. and then he has the norvasc stand...
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now that makes no assistance because al-qaeda and sunni eight each other. that's like there was guidance go the united states. at least they made sure that it wasn't carried out no matter where they're from. of course, we're going to talk about boston and the rights associated withdhozvt dhozahar tsarnaev. but in order for me to do that i need to bring in my panel. we have joe williams from political reporter commentator and of course, national coverage editor--whatever reporter with politico. i'm reading all of these. and beth fouhy for yahoo news, and kevin cirilli. you can tell i'm in a fun mood. we want to give you an update. everyone knows that the younger brother was caught on friday after a shootout. i was watching all of joe's tweets on it. that's how i found out about it, literally. but let's watch that on abc. >> the bomb suspects now facing the death penalty. among those who lost their lives, 29-year-old crystal campbell the first of the victims to be laid to rest. the search for an explanation as the fbi questions 19-year-old suspect hospitalize
now that makes no assistance because al-qaeda and sunni eight each other. that's like there was guidance go the united states. at least they made sure that it wasn't carried out no matter where they're from. of course, we're going to talk about boston and the rights associated withdhozvt dhozahar tsarnaev. but in order for me to do that i need to bring in my panel. we have joe williams from political reporter commentator and of course, national coverage editor--whatever reporter with politico....
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we know that al-qaeda has camps with the drug cartel on the other side of the mexican border. we know people have been trained to act like they're hispanic when they're radical islamists. we know this is happening and it's insane not to protect yourself and make sure people come in, as most people do, they want the freedoms we have. >> cenk: so now apparently al-qaeda is acting like hispanic. i'm not sure i know what that means, guys, but working hard, loving your family. >> what is he talking about? he's talking about so many things and trying to connect things that don't connect. if you're talking about acting line hispanic, i guess you could say, middle eastern people and hispanic people sometimes have similar features or complexions but i'm not sure what he's suggesting that we do. >> cenk: i think he's slightly off balanced, mentally. >> absolutely. >> cenk: he is actually a sitting u.s. congress person. he thinks there are big al-qaeda camps on the other side of the border like they're getting ready to cross the border, and training how to act hispanic and how is this no
we know that al-qaeda has camps with the drug cartel on the other side of the mexican border. we know people have been trained to act like they're hispanic when they're radical islamists. we know this is happening and it's insane not to protect yourself and make sure people come in, as most people do, they want the freedoms we have. >> cenk: so now apparently al-qaeda is acting like hispanic. i'm not sure i know what that means, guys, but working hard, loving your family. >> what is...
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from what we understand, he learned from an on line magazine an al-qaeda linked publication, but how many people know how to put together an eye kia piece of furniture from the directions, let alone make a functioning explosive device. i wouldn't be surprised to find he had some training with the handling of explosives overseas. cenk: we don't know yet. it's speculation. i'm against all the warrantless wiretapping, et cetera, but there is one candidate for tracking it's people who read "inspire" magazine, radical muslims to attack, i'd track that one but that's just me. all right so now i want to go to clip a37 here. i want to play this clip from fox news. he's going to blame most muslims for it. i want your reaction. let's watch it together. >> what do hacks do when they're wrong about terror? they cling to relativism. muslim extremism is no different than other extremism but to make it stick you've got to suck at math. muslim versus christian extremism is comparing hurricane katrina to a squirt begun which is why they embrace root causes to attach the response to evil. a lot of peo
from what we understand, he learned from an on line magazine an al-qaeda linked publication, but how many people know how to put together an eye kia piece of furniture from the directions, let alone make a functioning explosive device. i wouldn't be surprised to find he had some training with the handling of explosives overseas. cenk: we don't know yet. it's speculation. i'm against all the warrantless wiretapping, et cetera, but there is one candidate for tracking it's people who read...
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al qaeda spokesman alan ghaddan today this. >> in the west you have got a lot at your disposal. let's take america as an example. america is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms. you can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle without a background check and most likely without having to show an indication card. so what are you waiting for? >> michael: and the damn senate voted to allow this to continue. it's so frightening. even after the gun bill's defeat, democrats are working to change the law to keep guns out of the hands of terris. joe manchin of west virginia said round two of his gun control bill will include language that closes the terror loophole. the democrats should get it done, and if republicans try to stop them, they should call them out for what they are accomplices to terror. joining me now is "boston globe" reporter scot lehigh. he comes to us from boston. scot thanks for joining us here in "the war room." >> thank you for having me. >> michael: you work for the "boston globe." there ha
al qaeda spokesman alan ghaddan today this. >> in the west you have got a lot at your disposal. let's take america as an example. america is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms. you can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle without a background check and most likely without having to show an indication card. so what are you waiting for? >> michael: and the damn senate voted to allow this to continue. it's...
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they go to the open arms of al-qaeda. it's counterproductive, plus it's killing the wrong people. when he talked about that, i had to be honest with you, it's a fairly gruesome description. >> the drone strikes as the face of america to many yemens. i have spoken to many victims of the u.s. drone strikes. i recently in arden i spoke one of the dribble leaders present in 2009 at the place where the u.s. cruise missiles targeted the village. 40 civilians from killed including four pregnant women. the tribal leader and others tried to rescued victims but their bodies were so designated that it was impossible to differentiate between the women children and their animals. >> i'm going to bring a panel in here. we have chris moody linda bade, and michael shure from "the war room." i know some of the drone strikes are a no brain center terms of not doing them with the signature strikes where we kill people who we don't even know we're killing it's gruesome, and by the way, it's a war crime. but when you look at the overall picture, linda first of all is this the quote/unquote wrong time
they go to the open arms of al-qaeda. it's counterproductive, plus it's killing the wrong people. when he talked about that, i had to be honest with you, it's a fairly gruesome description. >> the drone strikes as the face of america to many yemens. i have spoken to many victims of the u.s. drone strikes. i recently in arden i spoke one of the dribble leaders present in 2009 at the place where the u.s. cruise missiles targeted the village. 40 civilians from killed including four pregnant...
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even as boston struggles to piece it's a back together, canadian police announced they have foiled an al-qaeda terror plot in toronto. at this time there is no evidence that it was connected to boston. this morning funerals were held for two of the victims. >> 29-year-old krystle campbell, a restaurant manager who was at the marathon, cheering on her boyfriend. friends describe her as have kind heart and wry sense of humor, and there was a funeral for lingzi lu, a chinese citizen who had just written her final exams link. an eight year old boy martin richard was killed as was a police officer. today a thousand mourners turned out to pay their respect. the west borough baptist church has threatened to picket the funerals because gay marriage is legal in massachusetts. but 200 teamsters came out to protect the mourners and the protesters were nowhere to be seen. there was a moment of silence for the victims, the city of boston, white house, house, senate and new york stock exchange all stopped pay their respect. dzhokhar tsarnaev is at boston's hospital. he is on vaent late for and handcuffed to
even as boston struggles to piece it's a back together, canadian police announced they have foiled an al-qaeda terror plot in toronto. at this time there is no evidence that it was connected to boston. this morning funerals were held for two of the victims. >> 29-year-old krystle campbell, a restaurant manager who was at the marathon, cheering on her boyfriend. friends describe her as have kind heart and wry sense of humor, and there was a funeral for lingzi lu, a chinese citizen who had...
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ghomert has this to say earlier on c-span. >> we know al-qaeda has camps with the drug cartels with the other side of the mexican border. we know that people are now he being trained to come in and act like hispanics when they're radical islamists. we know these things are happening, and it's just insane not to protect ourselves. >> john: oh, they're going to act like hispanic. i love it when al pacino was in "scarface" and acted like hispanic for two hours. and louie ghomert makes racists look so subtle. for more on this i'm joined by my panel of non-experts and what a panel it is. politico median scott blakeman, and one and old judy gold, and the politico median and author of "the pleat idiot's quite to comedy writing" jim mendrinos. when is it too soon to talk about politics after a tragedy or is it different in every situation. >> i think there are different aspects of politics that can be discussed like barney frank was trying to make a point thank god we have infrastructure. >> john: first responders. >> today perhaps not, but you know,-- >> john: would you agree with me that barn
ghomert has this to say earlier on c-span. >> we know al-qaeda has camps with the drug cartels with the other side of the mexican border. we know that people are now he being trained to come in and act like hispanics when they're radical islamists. we know these things are happening, and it's just insane not to protect ourselves. >> john: oh, they're going to act like hispanic. i love it when al pacino was in "scarface" and acted like hispanic for two hours. and louie...
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i was really annoyed at peter king who came out right away and said it looks like al-qaeda to me. who knows, right? we remember atlanta. we remember oklahoma city. what are the police saying in boston right now. >> they're not saying a lot. they kept denying they had a person of interest all day yesterday. police commissioner, ed davis explicitly said we do not have a suspect at brigham and women's hospital while there were cops surrounding the hospital and there was an armored vehicle outside. people could see the cops talking to somebody. so, you know, part of the thinking now this 20-year-old saudi national's apartment was searched in revere yesterday and several bags of stuff was taken away. some of the thinks was they weren't sure if he was involved. they wanted to investigate. they didn't want to tip anyone off. so they didn't give the full story. we still don't know if this guy has any connection. tweeted out about 3:00 this morning that the police told him the guy had nothing to do with it. there is a press report at 9:30. number one is based purely on math chances are the
i was really annoyed at peter king who came out right away and said it looks like al-qaeda to me. who knows, right? we remember atlanta. we remember oklahoma city. what are the police saying in boston right now. >> they're not saying a lot. they kept denying they had a person of interest all day yesterday. police commissioner, ed davis explicitly said we do not have a suspect at brigham and women's hospital while there were cops surrounding the hospital and there was an armored vehicle...
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they learned how to make the bombs from an online magazine published by al-qaeda. they did it because they had recently became deeply religious and opposed u.s. involvement with iraq and afghanistan: the 24-year-old told authorities that she saw her husband on thursday just hours before he died in a gun battle with police but she said she had no idea that he had committed the bombings or was planning more attacks. today her lawyer said this brief statement. >> as a mother, a sister, a daughter, a wife, she deeply mourns the pain and loss to innocent victims students, law enforcement officers families, and our community. >> michael: the suspect mother went even further telling nbc news there was simply no way that her children committed the horrible crime. she spoke to reporters. >> what has happened is a terrible thing, but i know that my kids have nothing to do with this. i know it. i am mother. i have--you know, i know my kids. i know my kids. really my kids would never get involved in anything like that. >> michael: nbc reports she was very close to tamerlan and
they learned how to make the bombs from an online magazine published by al-qaeda. they did it because they had recently became deeply religious and opposed u.s. involvement with iraq and afghanistan: the 24-year-old told authorities that she saw her husband on thursday just hours before he died in a gun battle with police but she said she had no idea that he had committed the bombings or was planning more attacks. today her lawyer said this brief statement. >> as a mother, a sister, a...
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goes on, the less there is as claim of responsibility the more likely it is domestic rather than some al-qaeda or jihadist group. i think if that were the case we would have heard from them. >> that's usually the case. >> that we showed you we can still attack you on your soil. >> yeah. >> but who knows? who knows? but it does raise the question, you know, and all we can do is look at what's going on and just kind of scratch our heads and wonder. a couple of questions i think it raises for me that i would like to get your take on this morning, 866-55-press, your reaction to this horrific event on monday just destroying what was a marvelous, almost national celebration of the marathon on patriot's day. it's not nufsh to know somebody who is running it or and itunusual to know somebody who is running it or and it becomes a festive weekend around patriot's day. and it will symbolizes boston brings together the people of boston. so your thoughts on that, number 1. 866-55-press. secondly, what does this mean? does it make you think twice about going where there are concentrations of people am? taki
goes on, the less there is as claim of responsibility the more likely it is domestic rather than some al-qaeda or jihadist group. i think if that were the case we would have heard from them. >> that's usually the case. >> that we showed you we can still attack you on your soil. >> yeah. >> but who knows? who knows? but it does raise the question, you know, and all we can do is look at what's going on and just kind of scratch our heads and wonder. a couple of questions i...
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something in the minds of al qaeda at the highest level. >> let's go quickly back to boston. do we know anything about what happened when the older brother went to chechnya? >> that is a big focus that is now between the fbi and the fsv which is to try and reconstruct. >> that being the russian intelligence. >> the russian fbi. try to deconstruct all of that. you can learn to make this bomb online. where would you have tested it out? you would have to go way out of boston into the woods or perhaps during that trip he got some of that training. >> all right, john. thank you. >>> "the wall street journal" reports american investigators are looking at a report from russian intelligence that says accused bomber tamerlan tsavraev met with a sus to russia last year. >> in an interview with london's "telegraph," an interview from dagestan with his mother says he was on the radar since 2008. she claims her sons are innocent. >> what happened is a terrible thing. but i know my kids have nothing to do with it. i know it. i am the mother. i have -- i -- you know i know my kids. i know m
something in the minds of al qaeda at the highest level. >> let's go quickly back to boston. do we know anything about what happened when the older brother went to chechnya? >> that is a big focus that is now between the fbi and the fsv which is to try and reconstruct. >> that being the russian intelligence. >> the russian fbi. try to deconstruct all of that. you can learn to make this bomb online. where would you have tested it out? you would have to go way out of...
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his new book is called takedown inside the hunt for al qaeda. i'm pleased, really pleased to have him here on this program. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: so tell me what your take is on this-- on them, the two brothers. on what they did, where they came from, whether there is some election with-- link with people in chechnya that might have had some influence on them. what is the mudd appraisal of this? >> my first a operational is these two kids, i take the younger kid's word not because of what he says but because i look at the characteristics of the event and say from start to finish, where you have a kid who didn't try to hide himself in front of surveillance cameras, pretty basic devices. they didn't seem to have and after-action plan. they picked about the softest target you could find in boston. i look at this and say if they had an operational linkage back home i can't figure out what kind of capabilities that kind of operational linkage offered them. the other thing i look at is if you book end this from where you started 12 years ago
his new book is called takedown inside the hunt for al qaeda. i'm pleased, really pleased to have him here on this program. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: so tell me what your take is on this-- on them, the two brothers. on what they did, where they came from, whether there is some election with-- link with people in chechnya that might have had some influence on them. what is the mudd appraisal of this? >> my first a operational is these two kids, i take the younger kid's...
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now, you say is that al qaeda linked? now it's kind of a -- yes, they are following al qaeda's inspiration. but it is different than saying that they are al qaeda. >> bret: i think there are a lot more connections that we would like to know about with al qaeda and the splinter groups. perhaps from those documents we have yet to see from the bin laden compound. >> i think this is one of those situations that it's tricky for the administration as they try to message it on the one hand they do have a political interest in saying that al qaeda has been defeated and disseminated in afghanistan where we have been engaged in this long war. at the same time we have seen not only with this plot in canada but incidents in northern africa over the past couple of months there are groups if they aren't direct off chutes of al qaeda in afghanistan at least inspired by them. that's a tough thing to say we both defeated them but have concerns about groups thane spider them. >> bret: panel, thank you. that's it for the panel. stay tuned f
now, you say is that al qaeda linked? now it's kind of a -- yes, they are following al qaeda's inspiration. but it is different than saying that they are al qaeda. >> bret: i think there are a lot more connections that we would like to know about with al qaeda and the splinter groups. perhaps from those documents we have yet to see from the bin laden compound. >> i think this is one of those situations that it's tricky for the administration as they try to message it on the one hand...
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normally the jihadist groups the big ones like al qaeda, would take some kind of responsibility. because al qaeda and the jihadists have become so atom atomized, that doesn't mean this isn't somehow related to jihadists, they will sort through where this attack comes from. domestic, foreign, we will reach out to our foreign partners for any information we can have. information will be flooding into the national counterterrorism center from around the world, because every country in the world will be looking to its intelligence and law enforcement agencies for any clue as to whether or not this has some foreign connection. >> secretary rice president obama in his statement yesterday said how little the government knows, how little he know we don't know who did this why it was planned or executed foreign or domestic. why say that? does the president know that people are listening to every word he said including those who might be responsible? >> of course. the president wants to reassure the american people that the government is on the trail so to speak and that justice will be do
normally the jihadist groups the big ones like al qaeda, would take some kind of responsibility. because al qaeda and the jihadists have become so atom atomized, that doesn't mean this isn't somehow related to jihadists, they will sort through where this attack comes from. domestic, foreign, we will reach out to our foreign partners for any information we can have. information will be flooding into the national counterterrorism center from around the world, because every country in the world...
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the new al qaeda lear does not believe in that big, symbolic attacks that al qaeda central leaders did almost 12 years ago. he has encouraged his affiliates, as did the last few years to do these attacks locally. and therefore that they are not going to be on the same scale. and most of them, quite frankly, are very different in the sense that they are not suicide bombers. that is, maybe what has taken place. these guys have to get out safely because they did not intend to kill themselves. they could be domestic terrorists, but we could never rule out at this stage that this is an overall strategic objective against the estates by a radical islamist groups. lou: and even if, as as i was discussing with the mayor here earlier, even if indeed this were not organized or directed by specifically al qaeda, whether it be in yemen or whether it be in pakistan or afghanistan, it is still part of a broader war on terror, is it not? >> absolutely. the radical islamists that operate in the region want to establish a caliphate where they dominate the region, and their goals are even as ambitious a
the new al qaeda lear does not believe in that big, symbolic attacks that al qaeda central leaders did almost 12 years ago. he has encouraged his affiliates, as did the last few years to do these attacks locally. and therefore that they are not going to be on the same scale. and most of them, quite frankly, are very different in the sense that they are not suicide bombers. that is, maybe what has taken place. these guys have to get out safely because they did not intend to kill themselves. they...
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and they're looking at al qaeda. and the way they're explaining it is that zawahiri made a tape a couple days ago in which could have been a coded message for operatives in this country to strike. again, this is speculation analysis. in particular, he's been pushing for taking retaliation for the drone strikes in pack stab pakistan and yemen. going to his people and saying we've got to hit back at these people. when i give the signal, let's do it. they're putting two and two together. whether it equals four or not, i don't know. but they're just looking at the mass casualties, patriots day. a national holiday. with a lot of cameras on it. and it's an act of pure revenge. and, again, this is analysis. but i find it very interesting. >> chad sweet, would you go along with that? is it all pointing now to the hall marks of an al qaeda strike? >> it does. and i would agree with bob. if you look at -- if this were something like an anti tax motive, they would probably be targeting the irs buildings. if it were some sort of
and they're looking at al qaeda. and the way they're explaining it is that zawahiri made a tape a couple days ago in which could have been a coded message for operatives in this country to strike. again, this is speculation analysis. in particular, he's been pushing for taking retaliation for the drone strikes in pack stab pakistan and yemen. going to his people and saying we've got to hit back at these people. when i give the signal, let's do it. they're putting two and two together. whether...
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we have seen al qaeda and iran plot against saudi targets. this is a new development but the idea that al qaeda in iran is not a new idea. they have long had a presence there. >> a marriage of convenience. >>> as tamerlan tsarnaev became radicalized did the u.s. miss key signals he was a threat. we will go live to moscow for more. >>> also ahead she is 5,000 miles from boston but feels the pain and shame for her family like it was right next door. in a timely fashion ojee and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact that i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. join today and find out why over 1 million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. well, dad, i spent my childhood living with monks learning the art of dealmaking. you've mastered monkey-style kung fu? no. pric
we have seen al qaeda and iran plot against saudi targets. this is a new development but the idea that al qaeda in iran is not a new idea. they have long had a presence there. >> a marriage of convenience. >>> as tamerlan tsarnaev became radicalized did the u.s. miss key signals he was a threat. we will go live to moscow for more. >>> also ahead she is 5,000 miles from boston but feels the pain and shame for her family like it was right next door. in a timely fashion...
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. >> well, actually, george, chechens have been involved in al qaeda since the beginning of al qaeda. they were involved in fighting for al qaeda in bosnia and they were involved in fighting against the northern alliance in afghanistan. there's a record here. how do you tell when someone gets radicalized? they're normal, happy kids in cambridge, and then something happens, a switch is flipped. how can the fbi, how can homeland security notice when that happens? when the radicalization occurs, especially when it's self-radicalization online. it's very, very difficult to do. what i want to know, what did the russians do when he went back to russia? they had already said that they were interested in him, he went back and spent six months. what did they do? did they follow him around? >> we're dealing with something of a new pattern since 9/11. attempts at terrorist attacks by people who have been in the united states for quite a long period of time who have become radicalized. not the times square bomber, had some connections overseas. but not parts of larger broader conspiracies. >> thi
. >> well, actually, george, chechens have been involved in al qaeda since the beginning of al qaeda. they were involved in fighting for al qaeda in bosnia and they were involved in fighting against the northern alliance in afghanistan. there's a record here. how do you tell when someone gets radicalized? they're normal, happy kids in cambridge, and then something happens, a switch is flipped. how can the fbi, how can homeland security notice when that happens? when the radicalization...
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and if you take the tact that it was al qaeda. remember all they care about is causing mass casualties. as many as they can. they do believe that will stop occupation of the middle east. while we're more guilty than the chinese, the chinese are no less guilty of oppressing muslims. the point is to attack the west until it picks up and leaves the middle east. and this ideology, you can also pick up on the internet and it can be turned against us at any moment. and remember, there is no play book for al qaeda. a lot of these bombings in london, the airplane bombings, it was young kids who just decided that's what they were going to do. to go back on what i said about no claim, well, there is no set standard for an attack like this. and we're really not going to know until they get the forensics, until they get a picture. you know, we're so far away from a solution on this. >> yeah, we are. and keep stressing that nobody knows the answers to these questions, pure theorizing. but what everyone in america is talking about. fran finally
and if you take the tact that it was al qaeda. remember all they care about is causing mass casualties. as many as they can. they do believe that will stop occupation of the middle east. while we're more guilty than the chinese, the chinese are no less guilty of oppressing muslims. the point is to attack the west until it picks up and leaves the middle east. and this ideology, you can also pick up on the internet and it can be turned against us at any moment. and remember, there is no play book...
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we also found overwhelming opposition to al qaeda and the taliban. we asked if either one were on the ballot, would you vote for them in an election, and the outcome was only one thing percent what. would. 1% there is nothing in yemen on a scale of what there is in pakistan. it is really more about the sovereignty issues than the civilian casualties issues. parliament and april voted to basically stop this. confusingve a situation where the parliament has voted against this yet is still proceeds. they have f-16s, which could theoretically should these runs down, but they don't. so there are some kind of tacit consent. >> that is exactly the point i want to go to. what i find different here is the definition of battlefield. i knew what we were voting for in 2001 when it came to afghanistan. we were headed there. that is where al qaeda was. attacked the united states, and we were going to answer that attack. i did not realize, and i don't think many members did, that we would be having this conversation 12 years later about yemen, somalia, even pakista
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it could end up being someone else but it has all the indicators of being an al qaeda or al qaeda affiliated attack. >> reporter: for rebecca roach and all the runners who ran with full hearts and their loved ones who cheered them on it's so incomprehensible and so wrong. >> why? i don't understand. i can't find reason in it. >> reporter: so it was a day of heart break here in hostage and of heroism. bruce mendelson who is an army veteran was on the scene and responded. you were right at the finish line? >> i was in a post-race party at 667 boylston street on the third floor of a building. the first explosion knocked me off a couch on to the ground. i was with my brother who had just finished the marathon. i yelled at him to get all the people back away from the windows. and -- >> and you went down. >> he got people to the back of the building. i ran downstairs and came out on to a sheet of glass shards. there were blood smears on the sidewalk there were a lot of people with grievous lower body injuries. >> what did you do? >> i rendered what assistance i could. i helped the boston pd establ
it could end up being someone else but it has all the indicators of being an al qaeda or al qaeda affiliated attack. >> reporter: for rebecca roach and all the runners who ran with full hearts and their loved ones who cheered them on it's so incomprehensible and so wrong. >> why? i don't understand. i can't find reason in it. >> reporter: so it was a day of heart break here in hostage and of heroism. bruce mendelson who is an army veteran was on the scene and responded. you...
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in this case, al qaeda. raed gentleman'ser was in court. >> my client is in a state of shock and disbelief that's happened to him. he is gathering himself. we're working together. looking into the family and' all looking forward to defending him. >> jaser's alleged momentum, 30-year-old chiheb esseghaier, went to court in montreal, claiming the charges from action word considers only appearance. the white house meantime applauds the arrest. >> i can talk to you about that. we first of all welcomed yesterday's announcement by canada that they have disrupted a terrorist plot, working in coordination with u.s. law enforcement. >> canadian official says the plat was only in the planning stages and nobody was in imminent danger. canadian official says these two men did get help from iran. they got direction and guidance but not direct funding from al qaeda in iran. and the plot was not state-sponsored. iran claimed again today it has no connection with al qaeda and there has been a rocky relationship between the
in this case, al qaeda. raed gentleman'ser was in court. >> my client is in a state of shock and disbelief that's happened to him. he is gathering himself. we're working together. looking into the family and' all looking forward to defending him. >> jaser's alleged momentum, 30-year-old chiheb esseghaier, went to court in montreal, claiming the charges from action word considers only appearance. the white house meantime applauds the arrest. >> i can talk to you about that. we...
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qaeda in iraq or al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. those who are in iraq, the al qaeda members, sought refuge there some years ago as, we were chasing al qaeda out of again began. -- afghanistan. now iran allowed them to remain in iran but there have been complaints over the years that either they were involved in planning some terrorist attacks although those are old reports but more recently there were complaints they were involved in propaganda or fund-raising activitis. jon: obviously one of the concerns in this country based on what happened with the two suspects in the boston bombing, that one of them is an american citizen. one of them was working toward that. you're something of an expert in uncovering people inside the homeland who may turn to terrorism. overall, what, what approach should law enforcement be taking? are we doing the right things? >> well, thus far the record has been one of success. i mean the first good news is that despite an intense recruiting effort online with online magazines and native-american speaker
qaeda in iraq or al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. those who are in iraq, the al qaeda members, sought refuge there some years ago as, we were chasing al qaeda out of again began. -- afghanistan. now iran allowed them to remain in iran but there have been complaints over the years that either they were involved in planning some terrorist attacks although those are old reports but more recently there were complaints they were involved in propaganda or fund-raising activitis. jon: obviously one...
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but they may have had interaction via the web and the internet with al qaeda's ideology, with al qaeda websites. which in the process of radicalization, gave them targets that they would not have thought of before. and that that target became america and everything about the united states of america. >> and from your knowledge, there was a conversation between vladimir putin and president obama on friday night, a pledge of more cooperation. but the fact is, that over the past few years, there has not been a whole lot of cooperation between the russian security services and our intelligence services. >> no. and let's be honest about what's going on in chechnya. under mr. putin, there have been horrendous human rights violations in chechnya. the country has been occupied and brutalized by russian forces for the last decade and more. that's not to excuse chechen terrorism. the chechen terrorists have carried out absolutely horrible acts of terror against movie houses, against schools, but what we've seen in chechnya is a growing radicalization of the population under the oppression that t
but they may have had interaction via the web and the internet with al qaeda's ideology, with al qaeda websites. which in the process of radicalization, gave them targets that they would not have thought of before. and that that target became america and everything about the united states of america. >> and from your knowledge, there was a conversation between vladimir putin and president obama on friday night, a pledge of more cooperation. but the fact is, that over the past few years,...
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behind that, you get groups such as al qaeda. if you look at 84 attacks coming out of those groups compared to four from al qaeda, how do you compare? a lot of terrorism and the united states is born and raised here. host: based on your background in this, are there any parallels to what happened in the oklahoma city bombing, to what we potentially could see 19-year-old dzhokhar who is about to be charged probably later this week? guest: it certainly well within the cards. if he is convicted, what will ofthe fifth largest act terrorism in the united states, then went on to be involved in the murder of another law enforcement official, and then went on to throw improvised explosive devices out of two cars, one of which was a carjacked vehicle. this is an extraordinary example of violence. depending on evidence, which i certainly have no inside knowledge of, this has the potential to go to trial. host: one day after the bombings took place, the other was killed in that shooting in watertown, massachusetts, the center public and lat
behind that, you get groups such as al qaeda. if you look at 84 attacks coming out of those groups compared to four from al qaeda, how do you compare? a lot of terrorism and the united states is born and raised here. host: based on your background in this, are there any parallels to what happened in the oklahoma city bombing, to what we potentially could see 19-year-old dzhokhar who is about to be charged probably later this week? guest: it certainly well within the cards. if he is convicted,...
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from al qaeda elements in iran. they were saying they didn't believe it was in any way state sponsored. but iran and al qaeda not normally two things that go together. i can tell you from intelligence sources here that they have always been worried about iran hezbollah cells. cells that they believe remain in united states and the canada. but al qaeda and iran is a completely different element and we're still trying to gather more information about that. >> where are these two men from, paula? >> reporter: well, we do not have confirmation. it seems that one is from tunisia and one from the united arab emirates. i couldn't confirm the exact location from police today. they did underscore the fact, wolf, that they were not from canada and had not been here a very long time, underscoring the point, again, wolf, that this was not homegrown radicalization. we have had examples of that in the recent past. in canada we had two people that were tied to the attacks in algeria in january, but they were from canada, born in c
from al qaeda elements in iran. they were saying they didn't believe it was in any way state sponsored. but iran and al qaeda not normally two things that go together. i can tell you from intelligence sources here that they have always been worried about iran hezbollah cells. cells that they believe remain in united states and the canada. but al qaeda and iran is a completely different element and we're still trying to gather more information about that. >> where are these two men from,...
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>> shepard: they say there is an al qaeda link, trace? >> canadian authorities were asked at the press conference today what type of support that al qaeda was giving these suspects. was it financial support? were they giving them hardware or other materials. all these authorities would say is that al qaeda elements in iran were actually giving them guidance and direction. that's all they would say. they did say that apparently we heard iran being a part of al qaeda. we talked to experts today and they say there is an element of al qaeda in iran that's not very welcomed by the iranian government. here again is the canadian police. >> now, i can tell you that there is no information to indicate that these attacks were state-sponsored. >> yeah. not state-sponsored. authorities say that these suspects did communicate with people here in the united states. as well as overseas but they would not say if other arrests are coming. shep? >> shepard: trace gallagher live for us tonight. thanks. update now on the recovery after heart break in the tow
>> shepard: they say there is an al qaeda link, trace? >> canadian authorities were asked at the press conference today what type of support that al qaeda was giving these suspects. was it financial support? were they giving them hardware or other materials. all these authorities would say is that al qaeda elements in iran were actually giving them guidance and direction. that's all they would say. they did say that apparently we heard iran being a part of al qaeda. we talked to...
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privately made improvised explosive device is described on an al qaeda web site in english. here's what i do know that the terrorists in boston may have learned but this is widely available kind of technique to kill her so that doesn't prove that they would have direct associations with asians or terrorist. sympathizers with a certain cause and. techniques from this kind of clear. direct association may actually be secondary importance in any event because the fact is. czech republic's become somewhat unwillingly undeservedly become tangled up in the boston terrorist attack two after the internet lit up with confusion over where exactly what chechnya was the small north caucuses probably headed up being widely mistaken for the czech republic a member of the european union and nato and a close ally of the united states will twitter and facebook have been a awash with angry posts about the czech republic's role in the boston bombing say it's just a couple of the infighting got so bad at one point the czech government was forced to step in to clear up the confusion the country'
privately made improvised explosive device is described on an al qaeda web site in english. here's what i do know that the terrorists in boston may have learned but this is widely available kind of technique to kill her so that doesn't prove that they would have direct associations with asians or terrorist. sympathizers with a certain cause and. techniques from this kind of clear. direct association may actually be secondary importance in any event because the fact is. czech republic's become...
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we have seen chechens fighting elsewhere with al qaeda and other extremist groups aligned with al qaeda outside of chechnya. that is not uncommon. but chechen groups, themselves, pointing attacks outside of russia really has not been their priority. we should note chechen separatist groups, there subelements of those that, again, aligned themselves with sunni islamist extremism. that's the exception rather than the rule. >> talk to us, if you can, about the profile of the suspect now on the run. how surprised are you that a 19-year-old, who apparently had plenty of friends, participated in school sports, was good enough to get a $2,500 scholarship, would be radicalized in this way? >> well, i would just say that right now we're operating under the assumption he was radicalized. i think that's probably the most likely outcome, but we don't know that. that being said -- >> even if he hasn't been radicalized -- he desired to perpetrate the murder of americans. >> that's absolutely right. either way he was a violent extremist. exactly what the cause was, we don't yet know. frankly, i don't
we have seen chechens fighting elsewhere with al qaeda and other extremist groups aligned with al qaeda outside of chechnya. that is not uncommon. but chechen groups, themselves, pointing attacks outside of russia really has not been their priority. we should note chechen separatist groups, there subelements of those that, again, aligned themselves with sunni islamist extremism. that's the exception rather than the rule. >> talk to us, if you can, about the profile of the suspect now on...
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which have been associated with al qaeda groups the protesters have been demanding more equality they feel like they've been discriminated by the shiite led government of nouri al maliki they want a change in power in politics they want more rights they want more quality they also want a different political system now they are province forces than the heart of the insurgency and the war now it's the heart of the anti-government protests perhaps a fault line of sorts that threatens to divide iraq let's go and talk to some of the people. who don't believe in this election we don't believe in it because it's sick tarion sectarian. all the candidates for the government the system is unjust which is why we are promising here we are demanding change to the constitution and this government. these people will not be turning out to vote for saturday's provincial elections that's the first election since americans have left from the country in december of twenty eleven the government has postponed elections and several sunni provinces the anbar province where we're located right now as well as
which have been associated with al qaeda groups the protesters have been demanding more equality they feel like they've been discriminated by the shiite led government of nouri al maliki they want a change in power in politics they want more rights they want more quality they also want a different political system now they are province forces than the heart of the insurgency and the war now it's the heart of the anti-government protests perhaps a fault line of sorts that threatens to divide...
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you can see how you can use them in the al qaeda magazine. but they have also been common in other sorts of attacks, does that lead you down a path of foreign or domestic? have you had any indications as to which it will be? >> i think the jury's still out, whether it's a foreign or terrorist related attack. one possibility that's not mentioned is that it could be foreign inspired, like the inspired magazine that al qaeda put out that shows you how to make these bombs in your mother's kitchen essentially. the ideaa it could be inspired like the general hassan out there, the homegrown terrorist, i would could be inspired by the foreign organization and pulled off by a homegrown inside the united states. we really don't know. the jury is still out. we really won't know until this forensics comes back from the examination of the bombing device and until the perpetrators are actually and prehebded. >> chairman mccall, good to talk to you again sir. >>> a boston family is reeling after learning that one of their loved ones died in the bombings. kr
you can see how you can use them in the al qaeda magazine. but they have also been common in other sorts of attacks, does that lead you down a path of foreign or domestic? have you had any indications as to which it will be? >> i think the jury's still out, whether it's a foreign or terrorist related attack. one possibility that's not mentioned is that it could be foreign inspired, like the inspired magazine that al qaeda put out that shows you how to make these bombs in your mother's...
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canadian authorities claim there's a link to al qaeda and iran. it's part of al qaeda's playbook. documents obtained from osama bin laden's secret compound revealed, he had been urging followers to derail a train in the u.s. to kill passengers. so far, there's no indication that this plot is tied to boston. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> after a storm of criticism, the tsa has decided to delay a new policy that would allow small knives and sports equipment on planes. the flight attendants union, federal air marshals and top lawmakers had denounced the change as a security issue. the tsa said it freed the agency up to concentrate on bigger risks. >>> air travelers across the country are in for another day of flight delays, as the faa scrambles to make due with fewer air traffic controllers. some of the nation's busiest airports fell behind because federal budget cuts have resulted in furloughs across the faa. delays are ranging from 15 minutes to several hours. >>> the record rainfall and flooding that's inundating much of the midwest is far from over. in peoria, the illi
canadian authorities claim there's a link to al qaeda and iran. it's part of al qaeda's playbook. documents obtained from osama bin laden's secret compound revealed, he had been urging followers to derail a train in the u.s. to kill passengers. so far, there's no indication that this plot is tied to boston. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> after a storm of criticism, the tsa has decided to delay a new policy that would allow small knives and sports equipment on planes. the...
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he learned about how to do this from an al qaeda magazine. how simple it would be to do this. so does that strike you as being someone that would work more as a lone wolf? even though these were -- at least these two devices were strategically placed not that far apart? >> well, unfortunately right now, i mean, it just -- just about every case i was involved in, whether it was a lone wolf or people acting, you know, in small groups or whatever, the internet played a part in it because there is so much information both in terms of radicalizing people and teaching them these skills that, you know, before they had to travel to learn. now it's available on the internet. and i'm not -- i'm not saying that leaning toward the fact that this is an islamic-type event. i'm just saying the internet plays a factor in just about every terrorism case the fbi sees nowadays. >> what do you think about the initial reports we were hearing about certain suspicious packages or potentially other devices that were found? and now today that's all been walked back? should we be more suspicious anding
he learned about how to do this from an al qaeda magazine. how simple it would be to do this. so does that strike you as being someone that would work more as a lone wolf? even though these were -- at least these two devices were strategically placed not that far apart? >> well, unfortunately right now, i mean, it just -- just about every case i was involved in, whether it was a lone wolf or people acting, you know, in small groups or whatever, the internet played a part in it because...
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apparently decentralized al qaeda but. to what extent is our drone policy and and the policies that we just had this report come out last week saying that yes we committed torture. we committed crimes war crimes and that was the co number you know with the number two guy on the the co whatever leader of the report and he's an old republican hard core number two or three in the defense department during the bush administration i mean serious. concern the guy who went into it saying to take a lot...
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he read an online publication proud by al-qaeda. they were not connected to any large -- that this was -- they're calling self-radicalized from the web site, from perhaps mischa. what we've discussed earlier. lots more stuff coming out. fascinating details. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my
he read an online publication proud by al-qaeda. they were not connected to any large -- that this was -- they're calling self-radicalized from the web site, from perhaps mischa. what we've discussed earlier. lots more stuff coming out. fascinating details. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning...
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melissa: the big question, is there any indication of any links to al qaeda? >> we learned this afternoon, so far in this investigation, and they are not far into their exploriningexecploring a -- expy see nothing yet to cause them to conclude they were acting on behalf of a chechen cause. there is a life style agazine that gives them what they call practical advice like thousand build the bomb, the bomb used in this case, pressure cooker bomb is laid out in the inspire magazine, that is an avenue they will go down to see whether they are true homegrown, islamic jihadists who got their training if you will all in a digital way. melissa: katherine thank you so much. all right on money, what we need to do to make sure a tragedy like boston does not happen again. but what is the cost of that? and can it actually work? stay with us, more "money"..lia. straight ahead. eate the future.. by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand us investing billions... in everything from the best experie
melissa: the big question, is there any indication of any links to al qaeda? >> we learned this afternoon, so far in this investigation, and they are not far into their exploriningexecploring a -- expy see nothing yet to cause them to conclude they were acting on behalf of a chechen cause. there is a life style agazine that gives them what they call practical advice like thousand build the bomb, the bomb used in this case, pressure cooker bomb is laid out in the inspire magazine, that is...
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. >> representative peter king from long island says it has the hallmarks of an al qaeda attack. >> i think when you look at that, you have to go to your inspire magazine, al qaeda's online publication where they have instructions for these bombs. you see these simple bombs. it certainly does that. to be on balance, you also will see that these are not sophisticated devices. we've seen the same kind of devices in domestic terror. >> no clear evidence that anyone subjected this was going to happen and secondly no one has taken credit for it at this time. norah? >> that's right, john miller. thank you. and charlie. as you heard, eyewitnesses say it was a horrific scene at the marathon finish line. medical tents set up at the end of the race were turned into emergency rooms. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. victims were brought to seven boston area hospitals including mass general that took in 29 of them, eight of whom here are listed in critical condition for a total of 17 around the area. as word of the bombings came out, the hospitals quickly sprang into action. they evac
. >> representative peter king from long island says it has the hallmarks of an al qaeda attack. >> i think when you look at that, you have to go to your inspire magazine, al qaeda's online publication where they have instructions for these bombs. you see these simple bombs. it certainly does that. to be on balance, you also will see that these are not sophisticated devices. we've seen the same kind of devices in domestic terror. >> no clear evidence that anyone subjected this...
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al qaeda's playbook. documents obtained from osama bin laden's secret compound revealed he'd been urging followers to derail a train in the u.s., to kill passengers. >> and, pierre, the looming question -- any connection to boston at all, that we know of? >> i checked with sources tonight. they say no connection so far. >> no connection. so it appears to have been on an entirely separate track? >> entirely separate. and it shows, sources say, just how diverse the terrorism threat really is. >> all right, thanks, pierre. >>> now we turn next to the news tonight on the bombs at the boston marathon, one week ago today. today the city of boston paused at 2:50 p.m., the moment of the explosions, remembering the victims. and the latest thing tonight, we are told at abc news, that the surviving suspect has begun to communicate. abc's dan harris with that outside the hospital. dan? >> reporter: good evening. today in his room in the hospital behind me, dzhokhar tsarnaev had his first court appearance, surrounded
al qaeda's playbook. documents obtained from osama bin laden's secret compound revealed he'd been urging followers to derail a train in the u.s., to kill passengers. >> and, pierre, the looming question -- any connection to boston at all, that we know of? >> i checked with sources tonight. they say no connection so far. >> no connection. so it appears to have been on an entirely separate track? >> entirely separate. and it shows, sources say, just how diverse the...
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qaeda and al qaeda-inspired propaganda to try to recruit other individuals to the cause. although that is undoubtedly true, i have to say i think it is difficult to really connect any one individual with these conflicts. there is no doubt, again, pictures, video of civilians being killed and the like, this is exactly what al qaeda uses to help radicalize and bring people into the idealogical fold. but again, i think just pointing to iraq or afghanistan is a little bit too simplistic, because generally these radicalization cases come from a really dynamic mix of factors. >> and joy, the pause that i would put over all of this is, this all depends on you believing this suspect in this hospital bed, and i for one am going to reserve judgment on everything he's saying. >> yeah, and it's in his interest to say that it was the older brother, that it was the now deceased suspect who now cannot counter any of his claims. it is very much in his interest as a legal matter to say that he was following what the older brother was doing. so i think, yeah, we have to definitely take wha
qaeda and al qaeda-inspired propaganda to try to recruit other individuals to the cause. although that is undoubtedly true, i have to say i think it is difficult to really connect any one individual with these conflicts. there is no doubt, again, pictures, video of civilians being killed and the like, this is exactly what al qaeda uses to help radicalize and bring people into the idealogical fold. but again, i think just pointing to iraq or afghanistan is a little bit too simplistic, because...